If there is something I would like to do as President of the General Assembly, it is to place more emphasis on the issue of education, which enables a better life for women.

Finland had a civil war less than 100 years ago, just like in Ireland. If you look at the history of newly independent nations, civil war is almost every time present, even in the United States.

In every European nation, there have been problems in history when the society was too divided.

When the problems in Northern Ireland started, it was not a question of Protestantism or Catholicism, because the Catholic church was the only church at that time-it was a nationalist conflict.

We Finns represent a very transparent and open-minded way of reaching political decisions.

Discussion is just a tool. You have to aim; the final goal must be a decision.

Without rebuilding the confidence between parties, you will never succeed.